2012 Q1/Global Life Sciences



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    16 Jan 2012

  • Total URLs tested:

    165,087

  • Total tests run:

    54,010,359

  • Total number of PDF's:

    13,734

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    4.80%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    89.35%

  • Pages missing a title:

    4.85%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    45.31%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.47%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. (http://www.chugai-pharm.co.jp/) - 70,727 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Newron Suisse SA (http://www.newron.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Newron Suisse SA 0.01 1255.51
Boehringer-Ingelheim​ 0.02 448.51
BioPartners GmbH 0.03 370.39
UCB 0.04 665.05
Sanofi-Aventis 0.04 781.56
Sigma Pharmaceutical​s 0.04 2117.16
Pharmakon Ltd. 0.04 136.57
Med Discovery S.A. 0.04 372.64
Jenapharm 0.05 430.52
Redbiotec AG 0.05 774.13
A. Menarini AG 0.05 645.94
Ferring Pharmaceutic​als 0.05 1071.04
Barr 0.05 899.69
Tricom GmbH, Pharma ​Division 0.05 421.03
Lipideon Biotechnolo​gy AG 0.05 699.99
Cryo-Save AG 0.06 451.31
Actavis 0.06 805.65
Lumavita AG 0.06 402.60
GlycoVaxyn AG 0.06 320.71
Helvepharm AG 0.06 311.47
Pentapharm (DSM Nutr​itional Products AG)​ 0.06 272.90
Novelty Pharma Galen​ical Development and​ Documentation 0.07 420.49
Aurora Pharma GmbH 0.07 406.76
Schwabe Pharma AG 0.07 674.10
Covagen AG 0.07 503.63
ESBATECH AG 0.07 568.92
AC Immune SA 0.07 1018.17
GKL Biotec AG 0.07 332.76
Shire plc 0.07 1672.85
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (Worldwide) 0.07 2432.94
Eisai (company) 0.07 289.16
Medena 0.07 316.27
Cytos Biotechnology ​AG 0.08 1034.13
ArisGen SA 0.08 426.03
AstraZeneca Global 0.08 5271.91
Ergonex Pharma GmbH 0.08 547.39
Takeda Pharma AG 0.08 854.07
Bayer Schering Pharm​a AG 0.08 311.94
Streuli Pharma AG 0.08 170.74
STADA Arzneimittel 0.08 510.90
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s 0.08 2618.86
GeNeuro SA 0.08 437.64
Crucell 0.08 1109.02
Wockhardt 0.09 890.94
Servier Laboratories​ 0.09 531.35
LEO Pharmaceutical P​roducts Sarath Ltd. 0.09 166.21
OMIDA AG 0.09 609.55
Temmler 0.09 184.06
4-Antibody AG 0.09 45.75
APR Applied Pharma R​esearch s.a. 0.09 229.71
Mepha Pharma AG 0.10 618.46
Octapharma AG 0.10 989.75
GenKyoTex SA 0.10 293.14
Diabetology Ltd 0.10 306.55
Menarini 0.11 184.57
Lunamed AG 0.11 250.37
Orion Pharma 0.11 222.07
Cilag AG 0.11 590.68
Ferring Internationa​l Center SA 0.11 258.25
Medipol SA 0.11 739.43
Auris Medical AG 0.11 167.17
Gruenenthal Pharma A​G 0.11 224.62
Altana Pharma 0.11 1985.41
GlaxoSmithKline AG 0.11 506.46
Medinova AG 0.11 285.10
Max Zeller Söhne AG​ 0.12 343.65
Biogen Idec 0.12 239.10
Addex Pharmaceutical​s 0.12 1255.87
Biogen Idec Internat​ional GmbH 0.12 215.31
Actelion Ltd. 0.13 1365.02
Debiopharm S.A. 0.13 958.42
Neurim Pharmaceutica​ls S.A. 0.13 331.88
Melior Discovery 0.13 283.50
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (CH) 0.13 718.72
AmVac AG 0.14 226.16
Nycomed Internationa​l Management GmbH 0.14 332.92
Astellas Pharma 0.14 251.98
Siegfried AG 0.15 928.94
Bayer Schweiz AG 0.15 532.72
PFC Pharma Focus Swi​tzerland 0.15 85.71
Merz Pharma (Schweiz​) AG 0.15 196.80
Tillotts Pharma AG 0.15 577.94
Eli Lilly Schweiz 0.15 1298.70
Lundbeck (Schweiz) A​G 0.15 200.30
Kenta Biotech AG 0.16 346.27
Fresenius Medical Ca​re 0.16 1351.23
Sepracor 0.16 160.97
Hetero Drugs 0.16 175.66
Solvay Pharma AG 0.16 153.46
Warner Chilcott 0.16 169.40
Covance 0.16 334.79
Pliva 0.17 695.11
Merck Sharp &​ Dohme-Chibret AG 0.17 60.61
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls 0.17 151.65
Alpex Pharma SA 0.17 78.48
Novartis Internation​al AG 0.17 241.45
MEDA Pharma GmbH 0.17 309.83
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als 0.17 67.99
Gulf Pharmaceutical ​Industries (Julphar)​ 0.18 373.36
Bial 0.18 350.72
Novo Nordisk Pharma ​AG 0.18 310.89
Merck 0.18 61.66
Apotex Inc. 0.18 159.52
Covidien 0.19 864.03
Kuros Biosurgery AG 0.19 235.56
Allergan 0.19 203.62
Anergis 0.19 326.67
Geistlich Pharma AG 0.19 200.37
Novartis Pharma Schw​eiz AG 0.19 284.12
Arpida AG 0.20 1337.91
Acino Holding AG 0.20 1291.72
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ SA 0.20 2174.28
Axentis Pharma AG 0.20 270.89
Nitec Pharma AG 0.20 61.16
Purdue Pharma 0.20 40.71
Crucell Switzerland 0.20 616.78
GlaxoSmithKline 0.21 294.27
Biolex 0.21 61.21
Multipharma 0.21 440.12
Almirall 0.21 194.41
Celgene 0.22 354.07
Alkermes 0.22 120.01
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp. 0.22 138.78
Biotecnol 0.22 368.26
Mylan 0.22 276.34
Renovo 0.22 1504.25
Genzyme GmbH 0.22 67.80
Pfizer 0.23 389.80
Teva Pharma AG 0.23 377.46
Perrigo 0.23 473.29
Molecular Partners 0.23 50.49
Genentech 0.23 71.98
Aptalis 0.23 183.78
Galenica Ltd. 0.23 1421.38
Par Pharmaceutical 0.23 119.92
Vifor (International​) Ltd. 0.24 709.74
Evolva SA 0.24 1281.67
Forest Laboratories 0.24 265.61
Neurimmune Therapeut​ics AG 0.24 504.35
Ferozsons Laboratori​es 0.25 508.75
Merck Serono Interna​tional SA 0.25 1051.91
PharmaSwiss SA - HQ 0.25 276.05
Emergent BioSolution​s 0.25 55.12
Dr. Wild &​ Co. AG 0.25 588.60
Genzyme 0.25 207.24
Allergan AG 0.25 219.94
Krka 0.25 499.65
Nycomed Pharma AG 0.26 722.35
Watson Pharmaceutica​ls 0.26 76.62
Merck KGaA 0.26 1143.93
Solvay Group 0.27 897.49
Permamed AG 0.27 406.74
Nectar Lifesciences 0.27 142.57
Baxter Switzerland 0.27 180.66
Sobi 0.27 477.76
Goodwin Biotechnolog​y 0.27 467.88
Intas Biopharmaceuti​cals 0.27 111.36
Baxter International​ 0.28 184.80
Virbac Schweiz AG 0.28 773.99
AstraZeneca UK 0.29 397.21
Boehringer Ingelheim​ Schweiz GmbH 0.30 414.22
Eli Lilly 0.30 215.86
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ 0.30 89.94
Bausch &​ Lomb 0.30 110.93
3M Pharmaceuticals 0.32 147.44
Abbott Laboratories 0.32 277.29
Biovail 0.32 191.50
ViroPharma 0.32 425.06
Eskayef Bangladesh L​imited 0.32 174.23
Johnson &​ Johnson Pharmaceuti​cal Research &​ Development 0.32 340.78
CSL Limited 0.32 455.20
Mundipharma Medical ​Company 0.33 334.24
Galapagos NV 0.33 1283.05
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als International 0.33 78.95
UNILAB 0.33 4221.41
Piramal Healthcare 0.33 215.14
Sun Pharmaceutical 0.34 23.70
Cadila Healthcare 0.34 91.43
Mitsubishi Pharma 0.34 56.08
Ortho-McNeil Pharmac​eutical 0.34 341.74
Johnson &​ Johnson 0.34 375.69
Neurotune 0.34 491.13
Antares Pharma AG 0.34 399.65
Galderma Pharma SA 0.34 320.46
Novartis 0.35 129.08
Gilead Sciences 0.35 164.38
BioVersys GmbH 0.35 190.14
Strides Arcolab 0.36 74.51
CSL Behring AG 0.36 219.08
Alkaloid 0.36 462.93
Intercytex 0.37 1135.01
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 0.38 18.38
mondoBIOTECH AG 0.41 1308.29
Bionovo 0.41 302.59
3-V Biosciences GmbH​ 0.41 116.70
Lupin Laboratories 0.42 87.30
NovImmune 0.42 166.25
Hospira 0.43 42.83
Panacea Biotec Ltd 0.45 76.01
Square Pharmaceutica​ls 0.46 256.83
Spirig Pharma AG 0.53 239.94
Pharmacosmos 0.53 684.76
Kyowa Hakko 0.53 170.04
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​l Co. 0.53 72.33
elan Corporation 0.54 136.44
Ranbaxy Laboratories​ 0.54 93.86
Shionogi 0.54 30.19
Daiichi Sankyo 0.54 89.81
Taiho Pharmaceutical​ 0.55 47.20
Dainippon Sumitomo P​harma 0.58 98.67
Chugai Pharmaceutica​l Co. 0.59 141.76
IMULAN BioTherapeuti​cs, LLC 0.61 125.64
Patheon 0.62 266.73
Alphapharm 0.62 21.67
Torrent Pharmaceutic​als 0.63 104.45
Bosnalijek 0.64 470.29
AstraZeneca AG 0.67 304.55
Getz Pharma 0.68 17.27
Basilea Pharmaceutic​a Ltd. 0.74 595.28
Ego Pharmaceuticals 0.87 32.69
Wyeth Pharmaceutical​s AG 0.87 880.43
Pfizer (Switzerland)​ 0.97 876.22
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als Ltd 1.01 150.58
Alcon 1.14 7.76
Rubicon Research 1.53 51.83
Sinopharm Group 3.27 14.60
Organisation A AA
Cilag AG100.0037.60
IMULAN BioTherapeuti​cs, LLC100.0035.00
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (CH)100.0028.80
Anergis100.0026.19
Astellas Pharma100.0015.38
Lunamed AG100.008.33
Vifor (International​) Ltd.100.005.60
Neurim Pharmaceutica​ls S.A.100.005.00
Rubicon Research100.003.85
Johnson &​ Johnson Pharmaceuti​cal Research &​ Development100.002.86
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories100.002.40
Intercytex100.000.95
Genzyme100.000.80
Acino Holding AG100.000.00
Actelion Ltd.100.000.00
Altana Pharma100.000.00
AmVac AG100.000.00
Antares Pharma AG100.000.00
Arpida AG100.000.00
AstraZeneca Global100.000.00
AstraZeneca UK100.000.00
Barr100.000.00
BioPartners GmbH100.000.00
BioVersys GmbH100.000.00
Biogen Idec100.000.00
Biogen Idec Internat​ional GmbH100.000.00
Boehringer Ingelheim​ Schweiz GmbH100.000.00
Covagen AG100.000.00
Crucell100.000.00
Daiichi Sankyo100.000.00
Dainippon Sumitomo P​harma100.000.00
Dr. Wild &​ Co. AG100.000.00
Eli Lilly Schweiz100.000.00
Evolva SA100.000.00
Galenica Ltd.100.000.00
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s100.000.00
Kuros Biosurgery AG100.000.00
Lumavita AG100.000.00
Max Zeller Söhne AG​100.000.00
Neurimmune Therapeut​ics AG100.000.00
Novartis100.000.00
Nycomed Internationa​l Management GmbH100.000.00
Pharmacosmos100.000.00
Redbiotec AG100.000.00
Renovo100.000.00
Sanofi-Aventis100.000.00
Schwabe Pharma AG100.000.00
Siegfried AG100.000.00
Temmler100.000.00
Tillotts Pharma AG100.000.00
Tricom GmbH, Pharma ​Division100.000.00
Virbac Schweiz AG100.000.00
Abbott Laboratories99.200.00
Addex Pharmaceutical​s99.200.00
AstraZeneca AG99.200.00
Basilea Pharmaceutic​a Ltd.99.200.00
Taiho Pharmaceutical​99.200.00
OMIDA AG99.130.00
4-Antibody AG98.700.00
Nectar Lifesciences98.400.00
Nycomed Pharma AG98.400.00
Eisai (company)98.390.00
Wockhardt98.310.00
Biovail98.040.00
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als International98.040.00
Piramal Healthcare97.980.00
Newron Suisse SA97.960.00
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (Worldwide)97.606.40
Fresenius Medical Ca​re97.600.00
Medinova AG97.600.00
MEDA Pharma GmbH96.800.00
Allergan96.770.00
Alpex Pharma SA96.000.00
Debiopharm S.A.96.000.00
Helvepharm AG96.000.00
Perrigo96.000.00
Boehringer-Ingelheim​95.200.00
Celgene95.120.00
Neurotune95.080.00
Apotex Inc.94.4073.60
Servier Laboratories​94.401.60
Galapagos NV94.121.47
Actavis93.601.60
Shire plc93.600.80
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​l Co.93.600.00
Eli Lilly92.800.00
Aptalis92.000.00
Novartis Internation​al AG91.200.00
Menarini90.620.00
Axentis Pharma AG90.000.00
Orion Pharma90.000.00
CSL Behring AG87.320.00
Almirall87.200.00
Hetero Drugs86.670.00
Cytos Biotechnology ​AG86.400.00
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls85.920.00
STADA Arzneimittel84.807.20
Kyowa Hakko84.800.80
Shionogi84.008.00
Genentech83.200.00
Allergan AG82.400.00
Covance82.400.00
Merz Pharma (Schweiz​) AG80.000.00
Bausch &​ Lomb79.200.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb​78.400.00
Lundbeck (Schweiz) A​G78.400.00
Octapharma AG76.800.00
LEO Pharmaceutical P​roducts Sarath Ltd.75.930.00
Alcon74.400.00
Crucell Switzerland73.330.00
Ortho-McNeil Pharmac​eutical73.330.00
Square Pharmaceutica​ls72.800.00
Gilead Sciences69.600.00
Goodwin Biotechnolog​y65.080.00
Ego Pharmaceuticals61.600.00
Sepracor58.210.00
Streuli Pharma AG57.600.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ SA54.100.00
Chugai Pharmaceutica​l Co.53.601.60
CSL Limited48.800.00
PharmaSwiss SA - HQ46.400.00
Medipol SA45.2428.57
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als Ltd44.800.00
Eskayef Bangladesh L​imited44.000.00
Mylan43.940.00
GlaxoSmithKline41.601.60
Par Pharmaceutical41.600.00
Alphapharm39.580.00
Johnson &​ Johnson37.600.00
Watson Pharmaceutica​ls37.600.00
Pentapharm (DSM Nutr​itional Products AG)​37.230.00
Emergent BioSolution​s33.870.00
Gulf Pharmaceutical ​Industries (Julphar)​32.800.00
Merck KGaA32.001.60
Ferring Internationa​l Center SA32.000.00
Lipideon Biotechnolo​gy AG30.000.00
ViroPharma29.330.00
Baxter Switzerland27.200.00
Multipharma25.000.00
Strides Arcolab22.500.00
Biotecnol20.830.00
Merck Serono Interna​tional SA20.8016.80
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp.20.8013.60
3-V Biosciences GmbH​20.696.90
Covidien19.200.80
Bayer Schering Pharm​a AG16.800.00
NovImmune16.000.00
Cadila Healthcare15.380.00
Krka14.400.00
Aurora Pharma GmbH12.202.44
Galderma Pharma SA12.001.60
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als11.200.00
Sigma Pharmaceutical​s11.110.00
Intas Biopharmaceuti​cals10.400.00
Spirig Pharma AG10.400.00
Pharmakon Ltd.10.000.00
Baxter International​8.800.00
Solvay Pharma AG8.700.00
AC Immune SA8.110.00
Cryo-Save AG7.410.00
Bayer Schweiz AG7.200.00
Gruenenthal Pharma A​G7.200.00
Takeda Pharma AG7.200.00
Warner Chilcott6.670.00
Solvay Group6.400.80
Pfizer5.600.80
Novartis Pharma Schw​eiz AG5.600.00
Melior Discovery5.130.00
3M Pharmaceuticals4.800.00
Geistlich Pharma AG4.800.00
Sinopharm Group4.800.00
A. Menarini AG4.170.00
Mepha Pharma AG4.000.00
Teva Pharma AG4.000.00
Purdue Pharma3.670.00
Merck Sharp &​ Dohme-Chibret AG2.610.00
APR Applied Pharma R​esearch s.a.2.400.00
Merck2.400.00
Nitec Pharma AG2.400.00
UNILAB2.400.00
Ferozsons Laboratori​es2.220.00
Sun Pharmaceutical2.220.00
Auris Medical AG1.740.00
Hospira1.710.00
elan Corporation1.640.00
Forest Laboratories1.600.80
Bial1.600.00
Mundipharma Medical ​Company1.600.00
Permamed AG1.600.00
Sobi1.600.00
Medena1.080.00
Bionovo0.800.00
PFC Pharma Focus Swi​tzerland0.800.00
Pliva0.800.00
Torrent Pharmaceutic​als0.800.00
UCB0.800.00
Alkaloid0.000.00
Alkermes0.000.00
ArisGen SA0.000.00
Biolex0.000.00
Bosnalijek0.000.00
Diabetology Ltd0.000.00
ESBATECH AG0.000.00
Ergonex Pharma GmbH0.000.00
Ferring Pharmaceutic​als0.000.00
GKL Biotec AG0.000.00
GeNeuro SA0.000.00
GenKyoTex SA0.000.00
Genzyme GmbH0.000.00
Getz Pharma0.000.00
GlaxoSmithKline AG0.000.00
GlycoVaxyn AG0.000.00
Jenapharm0.000.00
Kenta Biotech AG0.000.00
Lupin Laboratories0.000.00
Med Discovery S.A.0.000.00
Mitsubishi Pharma0.000.00
Molecular Partners0.000.00
Novelty Pharma Galen​ical Development and​ Documentation0.000.00
Novo Nordisk Pharma ​AG0.000.00
Panacea Biotec Ltd0.000.00
Patheon0.000.00
Pfizer (Switzerland)​0.000.00
Ranbaxy Laboratories​0.000.00
Wyeth Pharmaceutical​s AG0.000.00
mondoBIOTECH AG0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • 4-Antibody AG
  • Alcon
  • Anergis
  • Biogen Idec International GmbH
  • Celgene
  • Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
  • Cilag AG
  • Kuros Biosurgery AG
  • Lumavita AG
  • Med Discovery S.A.
  • Molecular Partners
  • Mundipharma Medical Company
  • Pharmakon Ltd.
  • Piramal Healthcare
  • Schwabe Pharma AG
  • Siegfried AG
  • Tricom GmbH, Pharma Division
  • Watson Pharmaceuticals
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Alkaloid
  • Alkermes
  • ArisGen SA
  • Biolex
  • Bosnalijek
  • Diabetology Ltd
  • Ergonex Pharma GmbH
  • ESBATECH AG
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals
  • GeNeuro SA
  • GenKyoTex SA
  • Genzyme GmbH
  • Getz Pharma
  • GKL Biotec AG
  • GlaxoSmithKline AG
  • GlycoVaxyn AG
  • Jenapharm
  • Kenta Biotech AG
  • Lupin Laboratories
  • Med Discovery S.A.
  • Mitsubishi Pharma
  • Molecular Partners
  • mondoBIOTECH AG
  • Novelty Pharma Galenical Development and Documentation
  • Novo Nordisk Pharma AG
  • Panacea Biotec Ltd
  • Patheon
  • Pfizer (Switzerland)
  • Ranbaxy Laboratories
  • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals AG
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Abbott AG
  • AMGEN Switzerland AG
  • Amgen
  • Amico Laboratories
  • Avax Technologies
  • Axenoll AG
  • Cephalon
  • Cipla
  • Dybly
  • Elorac, Inc.
  • Helsinn Healthcare S.A.
  • IBSA
  • Janssen-Cilag
  • JN-International Medical Corporation
  • OM PHARMA
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Robapharm AG
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PDF testing

26.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
45.95%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
38.85%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
5.15%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
2.47%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
2.43%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
1.38%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.21%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.20%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
1.10%
url/fetch/badport
Server port in URL must be numerical
0.15%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
23.07%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
17.18%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
17.07%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
16.69%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
8.63%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.78%
file/html/missingattr
A start tag is missing required attributes
3.23%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
2.56%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.94%
url/fetch/moved
A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received
0.83%